{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>8. If, therefore, by such communion with the wicked the\r\njust cannot but perish, the Church had already perished in the\r\ntime of Cyprian. Whence then sprang the origin of Donatus?\r\nwhere was he taught, where was he baptized, where was he\r\nordained, since the Church had been already destroyed by the\r\ncontagion of communion with the wicked? But if the Church\r\nstill existed, the wicked could do no harm to the good in one\r\ncommunion with them. Wherefore did ye separate yourselves?\r\nBehold, I see in unity Cyprian and others, his\r\ncolleagues, who, on holding a council, decided that those who\r\nhave been baptized without the communion of the Church\r\nhave no true baptism, and that therefore it must be given\r\nthem when they join the Church. But again, behold I see\r\nin the same unity that certain men think differently in this\r\nmatter, and that, recognising in those who come from heretics\r\nand schismatics the baptism of Christ, they do not venture to\r\nbaptize them afresh. All of these catholic unity embraces in\r\nher motherly breast, bearing each other's burdens by turns,\r\nand endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond\r\nof peace,<a id=\"FNanchor_81_81\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_81_81\">[81]</a> till God should reveal to one or other of them any\r\nerror in their views. If the one party held the truth, were<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_40\">[Pg 40]</a></span>\r\nthey infected by the others, or no? If the others held the\r\ntruth, were they infected by the first, or no? Choose which\r\nye will. If there was contamination, the Church even then\r\nceased to exist; answer me, therefore, whence came ye forth\r\nhither? But if the Church remained, the good are in no wise\r\ncontaminated by the bad in such communion; answer me,\r\ntherefore, why did ye break the bond?</p>","headings":["WRITINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY.","BOOK SECOND."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45843-paragraph-82"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"e540981163f246a834465b266d3e1d18c771913e81d2292a0cb5dd5f4f6aa087","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"EPH","chapter":4,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Eph. iv. 3","verse":3,"verse_end":3}],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_81_81","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Title leaves identify J. R. King, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1872; catalog identifies translator John Richard King (1835-1907). Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/American Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_81_81","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_81_81\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_81_81\"><span class=\"label\">[81]</span></a> Eph. iv. 3.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_81_81","text_sha256":"c4bc6a881eb01e745510a86e00707e786afd27639c8ff6ce5d9870e05ccc5dac","verified":false,"work_id":null}